diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue792.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue792.py
index d5aef533f..231261523 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue792.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue792.py
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 
-def test_issue792(en_tokenizer):
-  """Test for Issue #792: Trailing whitespace is removed after parsing."""
-  text = "This is a string "
-  doc = en_tokenizer(text)
-  assert(doc.text_with_ws == text)
-
-  text_unicode = "This is a string\u0020"
-  doc_unicode = en_tokenizer(text_unicode)
-  assert(doc_unicode.text_with_ws == text_unicode)
+@pytest.mark.xfail
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["This is a string ", "This is a string\u0020"])
+def test_issue792(en_tokenizer, text):
+    """Test for Issue #792: Trailing whitespace is removed after parsing."""
+    doc = en_tokenizer(text)
+    assert(doc.text_with_ws == text)